The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-04-20
state News.
The new directory Of Little Rocl
gives that city $1,000 population.

uE nCH AAiSSbOtJ VI t%ltbiC MUM
gives that city $1,000 population.
Rich iron ore las been discovered
10 White county, about eighteen
miles from Searcy.
Newport is organizing building
and loan association with five series
OF 500, 900 each.
The Fayetteville wagon factory
occupies three story building and
can hardly keep up with its orders.
The citizens Of Camden are arrang
ing for the establishment of a cotton
compress to be ready for next sea-
sons business.
A spirited canvass is now going on
in the new judicial district, created
by the legislature, for judge apd pros
ecuting attorney.
The citizens of Camden are arrang-
ing for the establishment of a cotton
compress to be ready for next sea
sons business.
w. b. Whipple, <. D. Blanks and
j. L. O'Hair were elected respective
ly Mayor, Police Judge and Treas
urer Of Little Rock.
Two grown panthers were found by
colored man while out hunting tur
KEYS in Drew county last week, and
although he only had his gun loaded
for turkeys he killed both panthers.
The sheriff of Boone county is
supposed to have lost considerable
of the county funds by gambling.
He was absent at the recent term OF
court.
The Memphis d Little Rock rail
road has been bought in at public
sale, by Mr.. r. X. Dow and others,
TOR $72,630, who hold the first mortg
age bonds of the road.
The drummer" of Arkansas
have perfected permanent organiza-
tion by electing Mr.. H. L. Vickers,
president; Ed j. Angel, vice presi-
dent; j. t. King, secretary.
A little child of Mr.. Fuel, of Lo.
noke, while running around the
house, playing with a knife in its
hand, fell down and run the knife
through it's heart and expired in
stantly.
A child, two years old, crawled out
to the st. Louis, Arkansas 81 Texas
railway, at Pine Bluff, and its skull
was fracturned by passing locomo-
tive and the bones of one hand pull
verified.
At the recent municipal election in
Texarkana, Ark, the republicans
elected their mayor and two alder
men, one of which was negro, and
the democrats elected three alder
men, recorder and treasurer.
Golden City, the new mining town
located by DR.. Jay Guy Lewis, is on
a boom of immense proportions. A
daily stage is now running there
from Fort Smith, and lots that sold
for $25 a few weeks ago, are now
selling at $3.50.
A. A. Duffey, of Brinkley, has in
vented and secured patent on roll
er process machine for extracting oil
from cotton seed. which will do away
with nine.tenths of the expense at
tending the present mode of operat-
ing the press-room of an oil mill.
A block of buildings burned at
Lonoke last Monday night, and
among the sufferers was our friend
Thos. j. Hicks, of the Lonoke Dem
ocrat. He had an excellent news
paper and job office, worth about 49,.
900 and was insured for only $1,000.
We deeply sympathize with him in
his loss.
Mr.. Dick Brugman, was at one
time city editor of the Arkansas
Gazette, bat disagreeing with Geo.
Il. Brown, manager of that paper,
was discharged. Mr.. Brugman was
then rendered and accepted the posi-
tion of editor of the Little Rock Clip
per, and since that time has been
dealing some very effective blows to
the Gezette and its manager. These
com ments brought forth an indirect
retort from the Gazette to which Mr..
Brugman also theoretically replied
in a scathing article. Geo. r. Brown
supposimg himself intended, attack
ed Brugman with cane, and fight
ensued in which Browns two broth
ers assisted him, and the Alexander
brothers, owners of the Clipper, as
sisted Brugman. No one was Sc
riously hurt.
A triple tragedy occurred twenty
miles north of Texarkana last week
In December last farmer named
Ridgeley killed four men belonging
to one family who at different times
attempted to take his life. The men
killed had three relatives named
Murphy, who were known as desper-
ADDE'S, and who had repeatedly sworn
vengeance against Ridgeley. On
the night mentioned Ridgeley went
to his barn, thinking that some
thieves were IN the act of taking his
horses, when he was fired upon by
three men, and severely wounded.
He returned the fire and killed all CT
his assailants, who proved to be the
Murphy brothers. This makes seven
men Farmer Ridgeley has